Mass Readings & Missal

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year B

6 October 2024

INTRODUCTION

Good morning. My name is ………. and I would like to wish you a warm welcome to our Mass at Holy Spirit Church, Kurri Kurri/ St Joseph’s, Cessnock/ St Francis Xavier’s Abermain/ St Michael’s, Wollombi

The priest celebrating with us today is Father James and assisting him is Deacon Viane.

In speaking of God’s original plan for man and woman, Jesus reaffirmed the indissoluble union between them, even stating that “it was for your hardness of heart that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so” (Mt 19:8)’

GREETING
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  AMEN
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And with your spirit.

PENITENTIAL ACT

Lord Jesus, you are our strength and our help: Lord, have mercy.

All: Lord have mercy.

Christ Jesus, you have given us your commandments of love: Christ, have mercy.

All: Christ, have mercy.

Lord Jesus, you intercede for us at the right hand of the Father: Lord, have mercy.

All: Lord have mercy.

GLORIA

Glory to God in the highest,

and on earth peace to people of good will.

We praise you; we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you,

we give you thanks for your great glory, 

Lord God, heavenly King,

O God, almighty Father.

Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son,

Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,

you take away the sins of the world,

have mercy on us;

you take away the sins of the world,

receive our prayer;

you are seated at the right hand of the Father,

have mercy on us.

For you alone are the Holy One,

you alone are the Lord,

you alone are the Most High,

Jesus Christ,

with the Holy Spirit,

in the glory of God, the Father.   AMEN

COLLECT

Almighty ever-living God,

who in the abundance of your kindness

surpass the merits and the desires of those who entreat you,

pour out your mercy upon us

to pardon what conscience dreads

and to give what prayer does not dare to ask.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

God, for ever and ever.  AMEN

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

FIRST READING

Genesis 2:18-24

A reading from the book of Genesis

They were two in one flesh.

The Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a helpmate.’ So from the soil the Lord God fashioned all the wild beasts and all the birds of heaven. These he brought to the man to see what he would call them, each one was to bear the name the man would give it. The man gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of heaven and all the wild beasts. But no helpmate suitable for man was found for him. So the Lord God made the man fall into a deep sleep. And while he slept, he took one of his ribs and enclosed it in flesh. The Lord God built the rib he had taken from the man into a woman, and brought her to the man. The man exclaimed:

‘This at last is bone from my bones,

and flesh from my flesh!

This is to be called woman,

for this was taken from man.’

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and joins himself to his wife, and they become one body.

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

Ps 127. R. v.5

(R.) May the Lord bless us

all the days of our lives.

1. O blessed are those who fear the Lord

and walk in his ways!

By the labour of your hands you shall eat.

You will be happy and prosper. (R.)

2. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine

in the heart of your house;

your children like shoots of the olive,

around your table. (R.)

3. Indeed thus shall be blessed

the man who fears the Lord.

May the Lord bless you from Zion

in a happy Jerusalem

all the days of your life!

May you see your children’s children.

On Israel, peace! (R.)

SECOND READING

Hebrews 2:9-11

A reading from the letter to the Hebrews

He who sanctifies, and those who are sanctified have one origin.

We see in Jesus one who was for a short while made lower than the angels and is now crowned with glory and splendour because he submitted to death; by God’s grace he had to experience death for all mankind.

As it was his purpose to bring a great many of his sons into glory, it was appropriate that God, for whom everything exists and through whom everything exists, should make perfect, through suffering, the leader who would take them to their salvation. For the one who sanctifies, and the ones who are sanctified, are of the same stock; that is why he openly calls them brothers.

The word of the Lord.   Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
cf. 1 John 4:12

Alleluia, alleluia!

If we love one another,

God will live in us in perfect love. Alleluia!

GOSPEL

Mark 10:2-16

A reading from the Gospel according to Mark

What God has joined together, no one must divide.

Some Pharisees approached Jesus and asked, ‘Is it against the law for a man to divorce his wife?’ They were testing him. He answered them, ‘What did Moses command you?’ ‘Moses allowed us’ they said ‘to draw up a writ of dismissal and so to divorce.’ Then Jesus said to them, ‘It was because you were so unteachable that he wrote this commandment for you. But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. This is why a man must leave father and mother, and the two become one body. They are no longer two, therefore, but one body. So then, what God has united, man must not divide.’ Back in the house the disciples questioned him again about this, and he said to them, ‘The man who divorces his wife and marries another is guilty of adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another she is guilty of adultery too.’

People were bringing little children to him, for him to touch them. The disciples turned them away, but when Jesus saw this he was indignant and said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. I tell you solemnly, anyone who does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.’ Then he put his arms round them, laid his hands on them and gave them his blessing.

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

HOMILY

PROFESSION OF FAITH
I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,

the Only Begotten Son of God,

born of the Father before all ages.

God from God, Light from Light,

true God from true God,

begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;

through him all things were made.

For us men and for our salvation

he came down from heaven,

and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,

and became man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,

he suffered death and was buried,

and rose again on the third day

in accordance with the Scriptures.

He ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory

to judge the living and the dead

and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father and the Son,

who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,

who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.

I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins

and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead

and the life of the world to come.   AMEN

UNIVERSAL PRAYER – PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

Celebrant

God is our strength and our help. With confidence, then, let us turn to him with our needs.

Commentator

1.   That by expressing Christ’s love for all, the Holy Church will bring salvation to the world.  (Long Pause)  In your mercy.  

2.   That local organisations who work with the homeless and disadvantaged, will be supported as they bring the love of God to those in need.  (Long Pause)  In your mercy.  

3.   That all married people will remain in love and faithfulness to each other.  (Long Pause)  In your mercy.  

4.   That those who are struggling in their married lives, and those from broken families, will be supported and encouraged by our community.  (Long Pause)  In your mercy.  

5.   That the sick and housebound will be blessed and find comfort and healing through Christ. We pray especially for those listed in our bulletin.  (Long Pause)  In your mercy.  

6.   That all who have died will be embraced by the love of God in his heavenly kingdom. We pray especially for those who have died recently............... and for those whose anniversaries occur............... (Long Pause)  In your mercy. 

Celebrant

Loving God, you bring kindness and compassion to the world. Hear our prayers and help us to share your Word with all people. We ask this through Christ our Lord.  All:  AMEN

THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS

Accept, O Lord, we pray,

the sacrifices instituted by your commands

and, through the sacred mysteries,

which we celebrate with dutiful service,

graciously complete the sanctifying work

by which you are pleased to redeem us.

Through Christ our Lord.

AMEN

The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.

Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right and just.

PREFACE VIII

The Church united by the unity of the Trinity

It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,

always and everywhere to give you thanks,

Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God.

For, when your children were scattered afar by sin,

through the Blood of your Son and the power of the Spirit,

you gathered them again to yourself,

that a people, formed as one by the unity of the Trinity,

made the body of Christ and the temple of the Holy Spirit,

might, to the praise of your manifold wisdom,

be manifest as the Church.

And so, in company with the choirs of Angels,

we praise you, and with joy we proclaim:

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.

Heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

THE MYSTERY OF FAITH

Save us, Saviour of the world,

for by your Cross and Resurrection

you have set us free.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Grant us, almighty God,

that we may be refreshed and nourished

by the Sacrament which we have received,

so as to be transformed into what we consume.

Through Christ our Lord.

AMEN.

DISMISSAL

Go forth, the Mass is ended.

Thanks be to God.